Freeman Lee

- Responsible for the development, negotiation and management of existing and developing Tesla contract manufacturing partners. - Lead the on-site management at each CM partners to manage the development builds, risk mitigation, solve quality issues, new production line/manufacturing site bring up, and ramp to meet Tesla’s demand. Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution. - Oversee materials planning (Clear to build), inventory control, Excess & Obsolete (E&O) analysis and projections, New Product Material readiness, logistics readiness from Tier 2/3 companies supply Tier 1/2 companies with the parts. - Lead all communications, upward and downward through the organization; raising key issues and options for resolution to the executive team. - Influence product manufacturability, testability, and supply chain responsiveness in pursuit of low cost and flexibility, while stewarding quality.

- Being the primary supply chain liaison between the company and all of Asia based suppliers. Delivering Skydio’s vision and core competence to each business partners. - Meeting with stakeholders to understand program priorities and translate them into procurement plans. Identify suppliers that provide relevant technology for products. Negotiate commodity cost, including plastic, metal, die-cuts, assembly, cables, optical, motors, batteries, EE components, PCBA/FPCA and packaging. Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings optimization. Develop and maintain relationships with executives and senior executives at suppliers. - Designed and created the MRP system independently from ground up and keep maintaining the system for material planning throughout the entire projects’ life. - Driving overall program material readiness and achieving on-time commodities delivery for engineering and mass production builds to ensure smooth product transitions and continuity of supply. Working closely with production and demand team for production demand change, convey production demand plan to CMs and suppliers with shipping schedule & transportation, and drive suppliers for the execution. Maintaining consistent and comprehensive visibility into materials pipeline in support of production plans. Mapping out complex multi-tier supply chain networks to ensure alignment in material supply and demand. - On site management of each Asia based partners to manage the development builds, risk mitigation, solve quality issues and ramp.

- Managed PCB commodity with over $100 million USD annual spend. Developed and executed sourcing plans and strategies. - Always achieved and exceeded quarterly saving target. - Understood and synchronized the needs and expectations of suppliers and the company, ensure long term relationship are established and maintained. - Collaborate with internal team to deliver best results for cost, quality and CoS performance.

- Served as a strategic partner to customer, developed and managed $1 billion USD annual sales target. - Envision and direct for Tier 1 global account strategies and OEM/ODM project profitability. - Achieved the best client and company solutions through conducting pricing and cost control accuracy. - Led the design proposal development and project execution in VR, IoT, wearable, drone and other consumer electronics area. - Led and collaborated with PM, R&D and factories for task allocation to secure project schedule and delivery. - Consecutively achieved A+ performance review records.

- Directed over 3-5 projects at the same time with over USD 1 billion annual revenue from the leading brand companies across the US and TW. - Increased overall department sales margin by 20% through conducting quote strategy. - Led, coached and supported 5 sales specialists to meet and exceed sales goals. - Recognized as the highly-performed and trusted sales of accounts, received high customer satisfaction. - Developed effective CRM to build up long-lasting business partnership. - Achieved performance review records of A for 3 times and A+ twice.

- Managed the sourcing of multiple commodities with $50 million USD annual spend, developed and executed sourcing plans and strategies. - Established and maintained relationships with suppliers, ensuring that manufacturing is implemented. - Researched new material and manufacturing processes to identify savings opportunities. - Managed contracting and supplier relationship activities, negotiating pricing and terms of conditions. - Collaborated with internal team to deliver best results for cost savings, quality and on-time delivery.

- Responsible for managing yearly USD 5 million sales target and vendor relationships. - Liaised with customer R&D team to design and apply company products based on principles. - Reviewed manufacturing process and schedules determining sales and profitability. - Recognized as the trusted advisor for contacts at key accounts.